Matua Raki - National Addiction Workforce Development

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3-10 September 2010, Honolulu, Hawa'i

The Sixth Gathering

Healing Our Spirit Worldwide is a cultural celebration and international indigenous conference that will focus on successes, best practices, and common issues in health, healing and addictions within indigenous populations. The Sixth Gathering will radiate the wisdom of our kūpuna(elders) and the aloha of the land and the indigenous people of ko pae ‘āina Hawai'i.

www.papaolalokahi.org

5th October Auckland, 7th October Christchurch

Contingency Management is a strategy and technique used in many fields to enhance the achievement of treatment goals. There is an extensive evidence base, mainly from the US, supporting the efficacy of these techniques in encouraging behaviour change in an addiction setting.  

The principles of Contingency Management are based on Behavioural Psychology and Operant Conditioning techniques. In action Contingency Management is the use of incentives, or reinforcement, to encourage and reward behaviour change. Incentives can be vouchers, privileges, or anything that has value to the person.